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Trade - Value of trade by sea and air and vessels entered and cleared, Tasmania, 1830 to 2000-01

VALUE OF TRADE, By Sea and Air and Vessels Entered and Cleared, Tasmanian Ports

Imports

Exports

Vessels entered Tasmanian ports

Overseas

Interstate

Overseas(b)

Interstate(b)

By sea & air

By sea(a)

By air

Total(a)

By sea & air

By sea(a)

By air

Total(a)

Overseas and interstate(c)

Year

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

no.

’000 net tonnes(i)

1830

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

510

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

292

101

27

1840

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1,976

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1,734

492

85

1850

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1,318

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1,288

674

104

1860

1,686

450

n.a.

2,136

1,544

380

n.a.

1,924

806

116

1870

698

888

n.a.

1,586

562

736

n.a.

1,298

613

106

1880

738

2,000

n.a.

2,738

1,568

1,456

n.a.

3,024

654

205

1890

1,594

2,202

n.a.

3,796

792

2,182

n.a.

2,974

746

476

1900

1,402

2,746

n.a.

4,148

3,078

2,144

n.a.

5,222

741

619

1910

1,662

(d)

n.a.

n.a.

1,040

(d)

n.a.

n.a.

979

1,211

1919-20

1,626

(d)

n.a.

n.a.

4,022

(d)

n.a.

n.a.

841

632

1929-30

3,668

16,028

n.a.

19,696

4,978

13,198

n.a.

18,176

1,076

1,390

1939-40

3,188

21,780

n.a.

24,968

4,852

20,954

n.a.

25,806

1,243

1,512

1949-50

18,704

51,218

(e)10,670

80,592

29,936

42,672

(e)3,996

76,604

862

1,183

1959-60

27,606

130,014

19,210

176,830

47,730

137,530

20,818

206,078

1,308

2,287

1960-61

37,208

141,086

19,356

197,650

42,588

143,036

21,944

207,568

1,354

2,546

1961-62

26,788

141,776

18,000

186,564

57,196

140,794

23,298

221,288

1,533

3,042

1962-63

35,746

150,620

18,158

204,524

66,792

146,454

21,602

234,848

1,614

3,474

1963-64

35,032

167,964

19,840

222,836

73,318

173,590

23,424

275,332

1,508

3,346

1964-65

35,717

170,963

20,819

227,449

87,315

193,371

25,770

306,456

1,472

3,412

1965-66

43,585

192,732

21,123

257,441

92,007

212,785

25,575

330,367

(f)1,645

(f)3,887

1966-67

51,376

209,456

20,311

281,143

88,834

224,975

25,680

339,490

1,684

4,085

1967-68

45,024

220,065

20,590

285,679

76,888

233,694

26,941

337,524

1,676

4,102

1968-69

37,509

241,398

21,051

299,958

102,061

265,476

25,825

393,362

1,795

4,645

1969-70

46,998

257,441

20,551

324,989

143,470

286,083

26,287

455,840

1,759

5,574

1970-71

45,719

269,022

19,777

334,519

143,198

277,669

27,103

447,970

1,639

5,338

1971-72

39,749

281,576

20,622

341,947

178,950

302,608

29,374

510,932

1,754

5,937

1972-73

45,045

289,862

21,238

356,145

218,712

320,910

30,626

570,247

1,788

7,239

1973-74

69,277

357,805

24,760

451,843

259,745

404,382

34,566

698,692

1,631

7,225

1974-75

100,616

402,081

26,850

529,547

226,154

379,933

31,699

637,786

1,611

6,820

1975-76

76,262

503,497

27,882

607,641

250,580

441,391

36,280

728,251

1,536

6,733

1976-77

94,622

564,231

30,909

689,762

338,657

485,850

35,160

859,667

1,592

7,258

1977-78

115,778

594,793

39,388

749,960

381,942

594,441

38,206

1,014,589

1,528

6,992

1978-79

140,652

621,548

74,578

836,829

513,286

627,186

39,727

1,180,199

n.a.

n.a

1979-80

179,780

935,584

53,481

1,168,845

646,827

772,531

32,141

1,451,499

n.a.

n.a.

1980-81

172,456

973,685

60,922

1,207,063

658,013

837,042

45,171

1,540,226

n.a.

n.a.

1981-82

166,032

1,031,330

61,187

1,258,548

647,617

879,421

47,525

1,574,562

n.a.

n.a.

1982-83

179,819

1,084,743

74,552

1,339,113

773,133

904,983

50,833

1,728,949

n.a.

n.a.

1983-84

202,786

1,189,170

69,735

1,461,691

774,308

1,075,077

57,768

1,907,153

n.a.

n.a.

1984-85

389,613

1,414,304

91,352

1,895,269

841,312

1,184,681

67,084

2,093,077

(h)1,739

(i)13,734

1985-86

299,398

(g)n.a.

(g)n.a.

(g)n.a.

900,011

1,182,102

74,755

2,156,868

2,087

15,403

1986-87

289,374

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1,094,664

1,322,047

84,175

2,500,886

1,980

18,810

1987-88

282,415

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1,221,955

1,312,699

93,523

2,628,177

1,858

18,317

1988-89

348,551

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1,438,727

n.a.

149,225

n.a.

1,939

18,706

1989-90

352,126

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1,422,558

n.a.

112,212

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1990-91

298,761

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1,341,242

n.a.

95,641

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1991-92

286,615

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1,439,177

n.a.

98,304

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1992-93

334,247

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1,522,218

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1993-94

447,561

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1,574,933

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1994-95

341,841

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1,611,732

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1995-96

351,387

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1,619,711

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1996-97

395,615

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1,708,322

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1997-98

385,405

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

2,136,171

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1998-99

406,793

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

2,019,182

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1999-2000

439,702

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

2,214,523

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

2000-01

524,077

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

2,435,416

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a. not available

(a) Data for 1979-80 onwards are not directly comparable with data for previous years because of revisions to estimating procedures to take account of inadequate documentation available for interstate imports by sea.

(b) Data for 1978-79 onwards are not directly comparable with data for previous years. From 1 July 1978 overseas export figures relate to all goods leaving Tasmania for overseas countries. Prior to that date export figures relate to only goods leaving Tasmania for overseas countries for which documents had been lodged with customs in Tasmania.

(c) In this section each vessel is recorded as an entry at the first Tasmanian port of call only; intrastate movements are excluded.

(d) Collection discontinued until 1922-23.

(e) Not collected before 1949-50.

(f) From 1966-67 not comparable with previous years; details are now confined to vessels of over 200 registered net tons engaged solely in trade.

(g) Figures no longer available, due to discontinuation of the Interstate Imports Collection.